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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was unusual about Cincinnatus' sentence?
(a) The sentences was pronounced in a foreign language.
(b) The sentence was pronounced backwards.
(c) The sentence was pronounced in a coded phrase.
(d) The sentence was pronounced three times in repetion.

2. What does Cincinnatus have to eat when Emmie comes into his cell?
(a) Eggs and bacon.
(b) Sweet rolls and orange juice.
(c) Coffee and cereal.
(d) Hot chocolate and toast.

3. What does Rodrig Ivanovich say after Cincinnatus reads the letter?
(a) He repeats the letter backwards.
(b) He says the opposite of what the letter has told Cincinnatus.
(c) He says exactly what the letter says, word for word.
(d) He says not to trust the written word.

4. Who finds what the lawyer was looking for at the beginning of his meeting with Cincinnatus?
(a) The prison director.
(b) The prison guard.
(c) The lawyer.
(d) Cincinnatus.

5. What does M'sieur Pierre show Cincinnatus?
(a) Different colored stones.
(b) A collection of stamps from different times and places.
(c) Articles cut out from magazines.
(d) Snapshots of himself.

6. How does the judge deliver Cincinnatus' sentence?
(a) He writes it on a piece of paper and gives it to Cincinnatus' attorney.
(b) He puts up a sign over the window.
(c) He shouts it out to the courtroom.
(d) He whispers it in Cincinnatus' ear.

7. Who enters the cell after Cincinnatus undresses at the end of his second day in prison, snapping Cincinnatus's world back to normal?
(a) Rodion.
(b) The spider.
(c) Marthe.
(d) The prison director.

8. How old is Cincinnatus when he gets his first job?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Seventeen.

9. What is Cincinnatus's lawyer looking for when he visits Cincinnatus?
(a) The lawyer is looking for his pen.
(b) The lawyer is looking for his reading glasses.
(c) The lawyer is looking for his library card.
(d) The lawyer is looking for his cufflink.

10. What happens when M'sieur Pierre sits down?
(a) His legs do not reach the floor.
(b) The chair is too weak and the seat cracks beneath him.
(c) The chair is too deep and he must sit on the forward edge.
(d) He bends his body as if sitting but floats an inch above the chair seat.

11. Where is the prison located?
(a) In the middle of the town.
(b) Inside a cavern.
(c) On a mountaintop.
(d) In a lake in a valley.

12. What does Cincinnatus do to try and look out the window?
(a) He crawls through a tunnel.
(b) He jumps up in the air.
(c) He climbs up the wall.
(d) He stands on a table.

13. What furniture is in Cincinnatus' cell?
(a) A cot, a table, and a chair.
(b) A murphy bed and a bookshelf.
(c) A couch, a wardrobe, and a coffee table.
(d) A desk and a bench.

14. What is the weather like the day that Cincinnatus receives the letter?
(a) Overcast.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Windy.
(d) Snowy.

15. How does Marthe leave her first visit with Cincinnatus?
(a) She runs out crying.
(b) She walks out laughing.
(c) She is carried out on a couch.
(d) She waves goodbye and seems to vanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rodion tell Cincinnatus to go while his cell is cleaned?

2. When Cincinnatus asks the prison director when his execution will be, what answer does the director give?

3. What metaphor does Cincinnatus use for trying to find the essence of what he wants to say?

4. How long does the letter say Cincinnatus will have to wait for the interview?

5. What does Cincinnatus credit his lawyer with?

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